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Police crash scene investigators shut down a block of River Road at Rosetta Avenue in Eugene for more than four hours after a fatal collision between a pickup and bicyclist Saturday, May 2.
“The bicyclist is deceased,” Eugene police officer Alex Perez said at about 10:15 a.m., near yellow police tape that blocked off the five lanes of River Road.
Police just after 2 p.m. announced all lanes of traffic had reopened after also blocking off the roadway at Linder Lane.
A Dodge Ram truck with heavy front end damage stood at rest slightly askew across a sidewalk nearest the southbound lanes, off the roadway entirely.
Perez declined to answer additional questions, and said it wasn’t known how long the five-lane roadway would be closed.
Steve Call, who lives in a home adjacent to the crash site, said he heard an “exceptionally loud noise” some time after 8 a.m. and rushed outside to try to render aid.
Call said he saw an adult male on the sidewalk behind the truck.
Later, he overheard a man who appeared to be the sole occupant of the truck being examined by medics. Call said he did not see any part of the collision.
Just before 10 a.m., investigators with the Eugene Police Department’s Major Collision Investigation Team arrived in a specially-marked van and began setting up traffic cones and other equipment.
Chief Chris Skinner and the police department recently announced a priority to increase traffic safety efforts. Police have described a noticeable increase in certain kinds of crashes, and a report last year pointed out a rise in pedestrian fatalities in recent years.
No information about the speed of the Dodge pickup was released by police Saturday. In March, as part of traffic safety emphasis efforts, a targeted patrol on River Road led to 22 traffic citations, many for speeding.
A 35-mph speed limit now extends to a 5-mile stretch of River Road north of Railroad Boulevard to Beacon Drive, after city and state officials approved a change in December. Previously, sections of River Road north of Azalea Drive had speed limits of 40 to 45 mph.
“I ride my bike on the road all the time,” Call said, though he added that he mainly just pedals a block or so to reach a path along the nearby Willamette River.
While traffic can be heavy, he called the collision “surprising, because the visibility is so good.”